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package org.apache.accumulo.core.data;

import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;

/**
 * A TabletId provides the information needed to uniquely identify a tablet.
 *
 * @since 1.7.0
 */
public interface TabletId extends Comparable<TabletId> {
  /**
   * @since 2.1.0
   */
  TableId getTable();

  /**
   * @deprecated use {@link #getTable()} and {@link TableId#canonical()} instead
   */
  @Deprecated(since = "2.1.0")
  Text getTableId();

  Text getEndRow();

  Text getPrevEndRow();

  /**
   * @return a range based on the row range of the tablet. The range will cover
   *         {@code (<prev end row>, <end row>]}.
   * @since 1.8.0
   */
  Range toRange();

}
